README FILE FOR G-IDP DATASET
Data version: GDIP-052016


This repository contains the GIDP dataset in ESRI shapefiles and comma
separated values (csv) format. The GIDP dataset provides spatial disaggregated
information on internally displaced persons (IDP) sending and receiving areas
at the first-order administrative unit for 194 countries throughout the world
for the period 2008-2011. The source for the data were maps created by the
Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) based in Geneva and published
in the Annual Global Overview of Trends and Developments (see IDMC 2010).
These maps were then projected on the 2008 Global Administrative Unit Layer
(GAUL) created by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO 2008).


The repository includes the following files:
- README.txt
- GIDP_codebook_v1.pdf
- GIDP_052016_final.csv
- GIDP_052016_final.zip (GIDP dataset in ESRI shapefiles format)


Please refer to the GIDP codebook available at doi:10.7910/DVN/D5CNMR for more
information on the unit of analysis, the coding procedure and description of
the content of the variables.


When using the GIDP dataset, please cite:
Bohnet, Heidrun, Fabien Cottier and Simon Hug. Forthcoming. “Conflict-IDPs
and the Spread of Conflict.” Journal of Conflict Resolution.


References:
IDMC. 2010. “Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments
in 2009.” Geneva: IDMC.
FAO. 2008. “Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL).” Accessed February 3,
2013. http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?id=12691.
